Best Garlic Onion Pumpkin Calabaza Side Dish Recipes
MASHED PUMPKIN
This dish is often eaten with roti ( a local flatbread) but it will make a great vegetable side dish to any meal. What West Indians call pumpkin is actually calabaza squash.
Provided by WizzyTheStick
Categories Vegetable
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Heat oil in a saucepan and fry onions until translucent.
- Add garlic and fry until light golden brown.
- Add cumin seeds and fry until they begin to pop and release their aroma. (About 30 seconds).
- Mix in the pumpkin and saute for 1-2 minutes.
- Add 1/4 cup water. Cover and lower heat to med low. Cook for about 10 minutes or until tender.
- Remove lid and mash pumpkin with fork or potato smasher thingy:-)until smooth.
- Add salt if using. If water is not yet absorbed, cover and simmer until water is absorbed.
- Remove pot from heat and serve as a side dish with rice or roti.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 39.8, Fat 3.5, SaturatedFat 0.5, Sodium 1.2, Carbohydrate 2.2, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 0.8, Protein 0.3
PAN DULCE DE CALABAZA - SWEET PUMPKIN BREAD
From Eating Cuban: 120 Authentic Recipes from the Streets of Havana to American Shores. This is a sweet bread that can be served for breakfast, tea, or as a dessert bread.
Provided by cookiedog
Categories Quick Breads
Time 1h15m
Yield 1 loaf
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F Butter a 9-x-5-inch loaf pan an d line th bottom with baking parchment or waxed paper.
- In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and allspice.
- Place the calabaza puree, sugar, butter, and eggs in a large mixing bowl and thoroughly combine with an electric mixer. With the mixer at low speed, gradually add the flour mixture. Fold in the raisins. Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake on the middle rack of the oven until the loaf has risen and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 5o to 60 minutes. Let the loaf cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then turn it out onto the rack, peel off the paper, and let it cool completely before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 2275.8, Fat 104.9, SaturatedFat 62.4, Cholesterol 667, Sodium 1684.5, Carbohydrate 305.9, Fiber 7.5, Sugar 153.5, Protein 34.3
GARLIC & ONION PUMPKIN / CALABAZA SIDE DISH
Last I know, this is a Cuban dish, which my husband happened to prepare one day. I'm not a pumpkin fan, but the sweet taste of the pumpkin with the acid-salty taste of the oil, garlic and onions is divine! :). The pumpkin we use is not the one you carve for the jack-o-lanterns, but looks more like a large, round squash. We call it Calabaza, but also goes by the name of "Cuban Squash" and is considered a winter squash/pumpkin variety. As long as the meat inside is orange in color, you should be fine, be it a Calabaza, a Cuban Squash or the American, pumpkin-pie version.
Provided by gloriathecat
Categories Weeknight
Time 25m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Take off the seeds but leave on the shell and cut into extra large cubes. The shell will be easier to remove once it's cooked, or it can be left on as well, since it becomes as soft as the pumpkin (but I like it off).
- Steam or boil the pumpkin until cooked. As a variation, if you're steaming carrots as part of the menu, you might want to reuse that same water to boil the pumpkin for an added touch of sweetness.
- Chop the onions and the garlic and then saute them in the oil until cooked, but not caramelized. Top the pumpkin with the onions, garlic and some of the oil (though you don't have to use all of it, just enough to drizzle over each pumpkin cube.).
- You can serve warm or chilled.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 246.7, Fat 27, SaturatedFat 3.7, Sodium 1.2, Carbohydrate 1.9, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 0.6, Protein 0.2
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